US10178608B2ActiveUtilityA1

Method for cross-system network information interaction, and network element of terminal system network

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Assignee: ZTE CORPPriority: Mar 26, 2014Filed: May 26, 2014Granted: Jan 8, 2019
Est. expiryMar 26, 2034(~7.7 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
H04W 48/16H04W 48/08H04W 8/08
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Abstract

A method for cross-system network information interaction, and a network element of a terminal system network, and the method includes: receiving, by a terminal, a request message for acquiring history information of the terminal, transmitted by a network element of a specified system network, after the terminal successfully establishes a connection with the system network or the terminal transmits a connection establishment success message or reestablishment success message to the system network; transmitting, by the terminal, history record information of the terminal staying in all the system networks, other system networks except the system network, or a specified system network, to a network element of the system network. In the embodiments of the present document, based on a definition of history record information of the terminal in the WLAN system, a cross-system interaction of the history record information of the terminal in 3GPP-WLAN system may be realized.

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What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method for cross-system network information interaction, comprising:
 performing, on a terminal, handover from a first system network to a second system network; 
 receiving, by the terminal, a request message for acquiring history record information of the terminal transmitted by a network element of the second system network, after the terminal successfully establishes a connection with the second system network or the terminal transmits to the second system network an indication message indicates the history record information of the terminal is acquirable; and 
 transmitting, by the terminal, the history record information of the terminal in the first system network, to the second system network; 
 wherein the first system network comprises a 3GPP network, and the second system network comprises a wireless local area network; or the first system network comprises a wireless local area network, and the second system network comprises a 3GPP network; 
 wherein the method further comprises: 
 receiving periodically, by a network element of the second system network, a terminal-dedicated message transmitted by a network element of the first system network, wherein, the terminal-dedicated message comprises the history record information of the terminal in the first system network; 
 wherein the history record information of the terminal in the wireless local area network comprises: 
 a moment at which the terminal connects to a wireless access point; 
 a Basic Service Set Identifier and Base Station Identity Code to which the wireless access point belongs; 
 a staying time of the terminal in the wireless access point; 
 position information at a recording moment of the terminal; 
 quality information of a wireless signal at the recording moment of the terminal; 
 information of a service performed by the terminal in the wireless local area network. 
 
     
     
       2. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein,
 the indication message is comprised in a message which is transmitted from the terminal to the second system network and indicates connection between the terminal and second system network is established successfully. 
 
     
     
       3. A method for cross-system network information interaction, comprising:
 performing, on a terminal, handover from a first system network to a second system network; 
 transmitting, by a network element of the first system network, a terminal-dedicated message to a network element of the second system network after the network element of the first system network receives a request message for acquiring history record information of the terminal transmitted by the network element of the second system network, wherein, the terminal-dedicated message comprises history record information of the terminal in the first system network; 
 wherein the first system network comprises a 3GPP network, and the second system network comprises a wireless local area network; or the first system network comprises a wireless local area network, and the second system network comprises a 3GPP network; 
 wherein the history record information of the terminal in the wireless local area network comprises: 
 a moment at which the terminal connects to a wireless access point; 
 a Basic Service Set Identifier and Base Station Identity Code to which the wireless access point belongs; 
 a staying time of the terminal in the wireless access point; 
 position information at a recording moment of the terminal; 
 quality information of a wireless signal at the recording moment of the terminal; 
 information of a service performed by the terminal in the wireless local area network. 
 
     
     
       4. The method according to  claim 3 , wherein, the history record information of the terminal in the wireless local area network comprises one or more of the following:
 a moment at which the terminal connects to a wireless access point; 
 a Basic Service Set Identifier and/or Base Station Identity Code to which the wireless access point belongs; 
 a staying time of the terminal in the wireless access point; 
 position information at a recording moment of the terminal; 
 quality information of a wireless signal at the recording moment of the terminal; 
 information of a service performed by the terminal in the wireless local area network. 
 
     
     
       5. A method for cross-system network information interaction, comprising:
 performing, on a terminal, handover from a first system network to a second system network; 
 receiving periodically, by a network element of the second system network, history record information of the terminal in the first system network; and 
 saving, by the network element of the second system network, history record information of the terminal in the first system network; 
 wherein the first system network comprises a 3GPP network, and the second system network comprises a wireless local area network; or the first system network comprises a wireless local area network, and the second system network comprises a 3GPP network; 
 wherein, the receiving periodically, by a network element of the second system network, history record information of the terminal in the first system network, comprises: 
 receiving periodically, by the network element of the second system network, a terminal-dedicated message transmitted by a network element of the first system network, wherein, the terminal-dedicated message comprises the history record information of the terminal in the first system network; 
 wherein the history record information of the terminal in the wireless local area network comprises: 
 a moment at which the terminal connects to a wireless access point; 
 a Basic Service Set Identifier and Base Station Identity Code to which the wireless access point belongs; 
 a staying time of the terminal in the wireless access point; 
 position information at a recording moment of the terminal; 
 quality information of a wireless signal at the recording moment of the terminal; 
 information of a service performed by the terminal in the wireless local area network. 
 
     
     
       6. A terminal, wherein handover from a first system network to a second system network is performed on the terminal, and the terminal comprises:
 a receiving module, configured to receive a request message for acquiring history record information of the terminal transmitted by a network element of the second system network, after successfully establishing a connection with the second system network or transmitting to the second system network an indication message which indicates that the history record information of the terminal is acquirable; 
 a transmitting module, configured to transmit the history record information of the terminal in first system network, to the second system network; 
 wherein the first system network comprises a 3GPP network, and the second system network comprises a wireless local area network; or the first system network comprises a wireless local area network, and the second system network comprises a 3GPP network; 
 wherein the history record information of the terminal in the wireless local area network comprises: 
 a moment at which the terminal connects to a wireless access point a Basic Service Set Identifier and Base Station Identity Code to which the wireless access point belongs; 
 a staying time of the terminal in the wireless access point; position information at a recording moment of the terminal; 
 quality information of a wireless signal at the recording moment of the terminal; 
 information of a service performed by the terminal in the wireless local area network. 
 
     
     
       7. The terminal according to  claim 6 , wherein, the indication message is carried with a message which is transmitted from the terminal to the second system network and indicates connection between the terminal and second system network is established successfully. 
     
     
       8. The terminal of  claim 6 , wherein,
 the transmitting module is further configured to transmit a message of the history record information of the terminal to an access network discovery and selection function module, wherein, the message of the history record information of the terminal comprises history record information of the terminal in the first system network. 
 
     
     
       9. A network element of a first system network, wherein handover from the first system network to a second system network is performed on a terminal, and the network element of the first system network comprises:
 a first receiving module, configured to receive a request message for acquiring history record information of the terminal transmitted by a network element of the second system network; and 
 a first transmitting module, configured to transmit a terminal-dedicated message to the network element of the second system network after the first receiving module receives the request message, wherein, the terminal-dedicated message comprises history record information of the terminal in the first system network; 
 wherein the first system network comprises a 3GPP network, and the second system network comprises a wireless local area network; or the first system network comprises a wireless local area network, and the second system network comprises a 3GPP network; 
 wherein the history record information of the terminal in the wireless local area network comprises: 
 a moment at which the terminal connects to a wireless access point; 
 a Basic Service Set Identifier and Base Station Identity Code to which the wireless access point belongs; 
 a staying time of the terminal in the wireless access point; 
 position information at a recording moment of the terminal; 
 quality information of a wireless signal at the recording moment of the terminal; 
 information of a service performed by the terminal in the wireless local area network. 
 
     
     
       10. The network element of the system network according to  claim 9 , wherein, the network element of the second system network comprises:
 a second transmitting module, configured to transmit the request message for acquiring the history record information of the terminal; 
 a second receiving module, configured to receive periodically a message of the history record information of the terminal or receive a message of the history record information of the terminal after the second transmitting module transmits the request message; and 
 a saving module, configured to save history record information of the terminal in the first system network. 
 
     
     
       11. The network element of the system network according to  claim 10 , wherein,
 the second receiving module being configured to receive periodically a message of the history record information of the terminal comprises: receiving periodically a terminal-dedicated message transmitted by the network element of the target system network, wherein, the terminal-dedicated message comprises the history record information of the terminal in the first system network.

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